Diane MacRae is at Salt Creek Park doing her census.
She got on location Monday afternoon and saw 6 late in the afternoon.
Yesterday there were none. Today she counted 876 (a good day). Also she had
a flock of 35 Vaux's Swifts early in the AM.
Yesterday the wind was low but out of the west. There was little wind
today but it was out of the east, at least when I was there. She says that
wind is best to get them to take off from Rocky Point.
My daughter and son-in-law's organic farm across the road had the first
killing frost last night and my son-in-law saw 35 vultures today. Usually
when Diane has a good flight we do not see any at all three miles inland. Of
course we are not standing watches.
As far as I know Diane had only 3 Red-tailed Hawks as other raptors
although I had an immature Cooper's in the back lot for the first local
accipitor for the fall.
Bob Norton
norton36 at olypen.com
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA